Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
King Saud University
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Riyadh University
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1957-
History
King Saud University is a public university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Established in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdulalziz to address the country's skilled worker shortage, it is the first university in Saudi Arabia. It was known as Riyadh University from 1964 until it was reverted to its inceptive name in 1982. It was converted into an independent non-profit academic institution in 2023